A dead body was recovered from a vehicle that drove into the Klamath River early Monday evening.

California Highway Patrol reported the vehicle hit the rock wall and went straight into the Klamath River. Scanner traffic indicated the accident occurred near milepost 91, east of Quigley's Store, at around 5 p.m.

The vehicle was a white Toyota Tacoma pickup.
"You could see where he hit a rock, and it pushed him across the road," said Vilissa Reed, the person who called 911. She said she didn't see the event occur but saw wear marks on the road and then a truck in the river.
CAL FIRE assisted a team of divers in hitching the vehicle to pull out of the river.
"It just a horrible traffic collision," said California Highway Patrol investigating officer Troy Moxiness.
A helicopter was dispatched to check the river for any additional debris from the incident but nothing has been found.
The victim is suspected to be male, and officers are not certain if he was the only one in the vehicle at the time of the crash.